Wednesday
SESSION 38: UPDATES AND ISSUES IMPORTANT TO ALL VASCULAR SURGEONS AND SPECIALISTS: FUTURE REIMBURSEMENT; ETHICS OF FDA ACCESS; VASCULAR REGISTRIES AND THE VQI, VALUE OF GUIDELINES, ENDPOINTS; INDUSTRY RELATIONS; IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT (ACA) AND REGULATORY AGENCIES (FDA)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Robert M. Zwolak, MD, PhD / Sean P. Roddy, MD  
SESSION 38 SCHEDULE
4:13 PM - 4:18 PM What Obstacles And Blows Are Vascular Surgeons And Other Vascular Specialists Facing In 2022: Will Planned Increased Reimbursement For Office And Hospital Visits Cause Decreases In Procedural Reimbursements
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Roddy, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:19 PM - 4:24 PM How Can Vascular Surgeons Identify High Risk, High-Cost Patients And Help Health Care Systems Control Costs: How To Prevent Inappropriate Treatments In These Patients
  Presenter(s):Lee Kirksey, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
4:25 PM - 4:30 PM International Consortium of Vascular Registries (ICVR) And The Use Of Real World Evidence To Evaluate Aortic Endograft Performance In Ruptured Aneurysms
  Presenter(s):Adam Beck, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:31 PM - 4:36 PM The Role And Value Of Guidelines In Vascular Practice; Why Guidelines Can Be Misleading; How Should They Be Written To Not Be
  Presenter(s):Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:37 PM - 4:42 PM Non-Compliance With The SVS AAA Practice Guidelines Is Common: How Does It Impact Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Elliot L. Chaikof, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:43 PM - 4:48 PM Ethics Of Limiting Access To Potentially Promising Technology: At What Point Is It Ethical To Use And Evaluate An Innovative Technology In A Patient/Clinical Study
  Presenter(s):Valerie M. Merkle, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:49 PM - 4:54 PM Managing Various Specialties And Generations Of Specialists In A Multi-Specialty Vascular Institute Or Center: How To Optimize Patient Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Gary M. Ansel, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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4:55 PM - 5:00 PM

Power Point Presentation with Synched Audio
Despite What The New York Times And Others Say, Close Relationships Of Vascular Surgeons With Industry Are Mostly Ethical And Beneficial To Patients And Society: Pitfalls To Avoid
  Presenter(s):Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:01 PM - 5:06 PM How Do Surgeons Drive Vascular Innovation: What Are The Critical Steps Leading To Success
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey H. Lawson, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:07 PM - 5:14 PM Panel Discussion
EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE ISSUES
Moderator(s): Jack L. Cronenwett, MD / Sean P. Roddy, MD  
5:14 PM - 5:19 PM Propensity Score Matching Studies: How Do They Work And What Are Their Strengths And Weaknesses
  Presenter(s):Charles C. Miller, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:20 PM - 5:25 PM Registry Based RCTs: What Are They And Why Are They Better Than Other Evidence Based Techniques
  Presenter(s):Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen, MD / Jack L. Cronenwett, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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REGULATORY ISSUES
5:26 PM - 5:31 PM Historical Perspective Over The Last 25 Years On FDA Approvals Of EVAR Devices Submitted By Investigators And Industry: Lessons Learned To Guide Future Applications
  Presenter(s):Dorothy B. Abel, BSBME  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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JOURNAL ISSUES
5:32 PM - 5:37 PM How To Get A Paper Accepted In A High Impact Journal Like The JVS: Does Bias Ever Matter
  Presenter(s):Peter Gloviczki, MD / Peter F. Lawrence, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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SVS, GOVERNMENT AND MEDICAL INSURANCE TOPICS
5:38 PM - 5:43 PM The SVS Foundation: How Does It Serve Vascular Surgeons And Their Patients
  Presenter(s):Peter F. Lawrence, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:44 PM - 5:49 PM Effects Of The Affordable Care Act (ACA) On Vascular Surgical Outcomes: Does The Medicaid Expansion Of The ACA Improve Outcomes Or Not
  Presenter(s):Mohammad H. Eslami, MD, MPH  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:50 PM - 5:55 PM If You Want Medicare For All Look At The NHS First
  Presenter(s):Firas F. Mussa, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:56 PM - 6:05 PM Panel Discussion
6:05 PM - 6:05 PM End of Program E
END OF SESSION 38
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